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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 54220

This procedure treats a prolonged, painful erection by irrigating and draining blood from the erectile tissue of the penis to relieve pressure and restore normal blood flow. It is an urgent treatment used when a prolonged erection does not resolve on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$499

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$214 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$132 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,042Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $132 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 48th of 50

$499

$295 physician + $204 facility

HI $5,396MD $389

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.